id: 122519
accession number: 1942.781
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Saint John the Baptist, c. 1500-1525. Master of the Saint John Statuettes (Italian). Terracotta with traces of polychromy; overall: 72.1 x 33 x 24 cm (28 3/8 x 13 x 9 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance 1942.781
title: Saint John the Baptist
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creation date: c. 1500-1525
creation date earliest: 1495
creation date latest: 1530
current location: 117A Italian Renaissance
creditline: Bequest of John L. Severance
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culture: Italy, Florence, 16th century
technique: terracotta with traces of polychromy
department: European Painting and Sculpture
collection: Sculpture
type: Sculpture
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CREATORS
* Master of the Saint John Statuettes (Italian) - artist
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measurements: Overall: 72.1 x 33 x 24 cm (28 3/8 x 13 x 9 7/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection
opening date: 1942-11-12T04:00:00
Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 12, 1942-March 14, 1943).
title: Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage
opening date: 1971-10-29T04:00:00
Florence and the Arts: Five Centuries of Patronage. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 29, 1971-January 2, 1972).
title: Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture
opening date: 1975-09-24T04:00:00
Traditions and Revisions: Themes from the History of Sculpture. The Cleveland Museum of Art (September 24-November 16, 1975).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* July 13, 1971- September 19, 1971 "Florence and the Arts-Five Centuries of Patronage," Cleveland Museum of Art (cat no. 30)
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PROVENANCE
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This statuette belongs to a group of terracotta sculptures representing David (from the OldTestament) and Saint John (from the New Testament) produced by a still unidentified Florentine artist and his studio in the late 1400s and early 1500s. Giventheir scale, it seems likely that these sculptures were intended for use in private homes rather than churches.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
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Catalogue of the John L. Severance Collection: Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942.
page number: Reproduced: p. [27], Plate XI, cat. no. 21; Mention: p. 31, cat. no. 21
url: https://archive.org/details/SeveranceBequest/page/n35
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 207
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n47
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 82
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n106
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 82
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n106
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 94
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n114
Judith Walker Mann, and Elizabeth Wyckoff. Learning to See: Renaissance and Baroque Masterworks from the Phoebe Dent Weil and Mark S. Weil Collection. St. Louis, MO : Saint Louis Art Museum, 2017.
page number: Mentioned: p. 12
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Chong, Alan and Lorenzo Principi, eds. The Sculpture of Giovan Angelo Montorsoli and His Circle: Myth and Faith in Renaissance Florence . Manchester, N.H.: Currier Museum of Art, 2018.
page number: Reproduced: p. 96, cat. #2; Mentioned: p. 97 -99.
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IMAGES
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